While many of the interrogation methods employed are torture, this term is meant to carve out a space for "new" torture, this is such a big issue that simply lumping it with torture in general would muddy the waters.
December 9, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents Guantanamo detainees and coordinates the work of hundreds of pro bono attorneys on legal cases...
The Violation of Human Rights: The “War on Terror” Continues at Home and Abroad Friday, December 10 th , 7 pm – 9 pm Judson Memorial Church, Assembly Hall 239 Thompson Street,...
Tribunal on Social Exclusion Celebrating World Dignity Day (Dec 3 rd ) & 10 Days of Action on Social Exclusion (Dec 1 st - 10 th ) Thursday, December 9 th – 3:30-6p.m. Church Center for the...
November 17, 2010, New York – In reaction to the verdict in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, convicted of one count of conspiracy for his role in the 1998 bombings of the United States...
This week, the British government announced it will pay millions in compensation to 16 men who were detained by U.S. forces at Guantánamo. These men say the British government knew that...
In a first for a former Guantanamo captive freed by a federal judge, a Syrian man now living in Europe is suing the U.S. government for damages from what he calls a "Kafkaesque nightmare."
Join us on Monday, November 8, 2010 as the Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel from the ACLU present oral arguments before the district court in Washington, D.C. against the President's...
October 29, 2010, New York and Washington D.C. – Today, Mr. Djamel Ameziane, the first individual detained at Guantánamo to file a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human...
October 27, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Council on American-Islamic Relations of New York (CAIR-NY), and Educators for Civil Liberties, and Muslim...
The Seattle National Lawyers Guild and the American Constitution Society are pleased to present a CLE program in Constitutional Law: Whose Right? Corporations, People and the 1st Amendment October 29...
